diff --git a/package/ltrace/ltrace.mk b/package/ltrace/ltrace.mk
index 73ae28e964..eac42be328 100644
--- a/package/ltrace/ltrace.mk
+++ b/package/ltrace/ltrace.mk
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ LTRACE_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += LTRACE_CREATE_CONFIG_M4
 
 # ltrace can use libunwind only if libc has backtrace() support
 # We don't normally do so for uClibc and we can't know if it's external
+# Also ltrace with libunwind support is broken for MIPS so we disable it
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUNWIND),y)
-ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC),)
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC)$(BR2_mips)$(BR2_mipsel),)
 # --with-elfutils only selects unwinding support backend. elfutils is a
 # mandatory dependency regardless.
 LTRACE_CONF_OPTS += --with-libunwind=yes --with-elfutils=no